Most #international#students who come to#Australia tend to stay back in Australia and apply for permanent residency. However after completing an#MBA#degree, students have very few options to do this. Here we explore some of these options:

The first option is to apply for a 485 visa which allows the MBA graduate to gain some work experience. This is also called the Skilled Graduate visa. This is a temporary visa that has two streams: Graduate work stream and Post-study work stream.

The graduate work stream is for international students who graduate with a qualification related to a skill level on Schedule 1 of the Skilled Occupations List (SOL).

For #MBAs, the only option is the post-study work stream. This stream is available for students who commenced their #study after November 2011. International students who have completed a two year study in Australia are eligible to apply for this visa. A temporary visa in this stream will be granted for two years for MBAs. If you have an MBA which has a Research component attached, then you could get a three year visa.
After a 485 visa, the student can either apply for a 457 visa or a state sponsorship as explained in the options below.
The second option is to get an employer to sponsor you on a 457 (temporary) visa. A 457 visa is generally valid for four years and can be renewed after that. After you work on a 457 visa for two years, there is the option of applying for a permanent employer visa called the Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS). The other option is to apply for a Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) which is also a permanent visa but the sponsorship would be by a regional employer.

The third option is to gain state sponsorship and then apply for permanent residency in a relevant skill area. Every state has their own separate skill list and work experience requirements. So you will need to have your relevant skill area and some relevant work experience to become eligible to apply. To apply for permanent residency in #Australia, you need to have a minimum of 65 points.